Chapter 41: The Hunter's Guild (Ask for Collection, Recommendation)
The Navy Headquarters issued wanted bounties and bounty hunters chased after them, which was an extremely common sight in the pirate world.
But the bounty hunter industry is originally a mix of light and darkness, with powerful loners and underground killers, and even many bounty hunters themselves are wanted bounty criminals.
If they were to carry the pirates' heads to the Navy Headquarters to receive a bounty, they might have let the Navy throw them in prison.
Thus, the Hunters' Guild, a semi-official, semi-dark institution, came into being.
The forces behind the guild are very complex, and the most important thing is naturally the behemoth of the world government, which acts as a white glove for those big people in a sense.
Then there are the great nobles of those kingdoms, the great merchants who cross several seas, and even the dark kings of the underworld.
Because of this, although most of the bounties offered by the Hunters' Guild on the surface are given by the Navy Headquarters, there are also many underground bounties such as assassinating the leader of a hostile faction or spying on enemy intelligence.
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A kingdom in the central seas of the first half of the Great Voyage, the famous Black Triangle is home to countless pirates, even known as the "Sea of Thieves" by the outside world!
Therefore, the Hunter Guild branch in this pirate lair, the task of handing over is naturally based on those underground bounties.
It's a bit ironic to say, but the most frequent people in this hunter guild are those pirates, grinning and watching those people exchange bounties, and then thinking about whether to go to the black and eat the black.
Even if there is no business to open, they can sit down and drink while bragging.
However, the guild branch, which had always been noisy and noisy, was so silent at the moment that even a pin could be heard clearly falling on the ground.
It's all because of the man sitting at the front desk wearing a grimace mask.
"Goo! Is that guy really Apophis the Magic Sword? He must have gone berserk and killed us all, every time he is rumored to be like a slaughterhouse! "In the nearby seas, there are pirate captains who have a terrifying reputation that makes children stop crying, but at this moment they are trembling and whispering, and they don't even dare to raise their heads, for fear of being killed for looking directly into the man's gaze.
"I don't know, it's best not to run into that kind of monster, I heard that after the ogre Barlow, who offered a reward of 92 million Bailey, was targeted by him, the screams before death even spread to a kilometer away, it's hard to imagine what kind of torture can make that kind of murderous sea thief cry and beg for mercy." The pirate beside him shuddered, and the ghostly wail seemed to echo in his ears again.
"I'm Apophis, you've all heard my name, I'm planning to form my own pirate group and attack the One Piece, so I need to recruit some experienced crew members......"
Hearing Apophis say that he planned to recruit a crew, the Hunters' Guild almost rioted, but it was a powerful adventurer who was not even a strong opponent with a bounty of nearly 100 million!
Although Apophis is rumored to be very vicious, murder is synonymous with strength among pirates, and for most pirates, they would rather follow a strong and cruel captain than a weak and easy-going boss.
If you can board Apophis's ship, you may be able to become a veteran cadre of a large pirate group in the future!
"Mighty Lord Apophis, I'...... Although my bounty is only 27 million Bailey, I have always longed for your strength, please allow me to follow you! A little well-known pirate excitedly stood up and pleaded.
"I don't care if you're strong or weak, even if it's the ogre Ballow, it's just a difference between one sword and two swords for me!" An indifferent voice came from under Apophis' mask.
Now, the crowd is even more surging.
"Lord Apophis, please accept me, I am Rose, the gravekeeper who has offered a bounty of 35 million Bailey!"
"And me, please take me to witness your legend!"
Soon, Apophis took most of the pirates under his banner, and said with a slight bow, "The manpower is almost complete, and then there is the question of ships, only the top warships built by Adam Baoshu can match my identity." ”
Although I don't know what Apophis meant by bringing up this topic, there was still a new little brother who patted the ass and said, "Of course, the legendary One Piece Roger was able to complete the great voyage on the ship built by Adam the Treasure Tree, and Lord Apophis should naturally have the same top-level ship." ”
Apophis nodded appreciatively, "There is news of Treasure Tree Adam in the auction of the Seven Waters Capital, it is estimated that it should be able to sell for a sky-high price of 300 million Bailey, you first hand over the money on your body to me to auction Treasure Tree Adam, and when I am in a good mood, I will casually kill a few sea thieves with a reward of more than 100 million and return the money to you." ”
Hearing this, those pirates were a little hesitant.
"What? Didn't my first captain's order work? You know, 300 million Bailey is a small amount of money to me, and I'm just in a hurry to get the Adam tree. ”
"This ......" The pirates looked at each other, some of them undecided.
Crunch~~~
The door opened, and a tall man carrying a suitcase entered, also wearing a similar grimace mask.
Seeing this, all the pirates glanced back and forth between the two with suspicious eyes, and their previous enthusiasm began to dissipate.
The grimace-masked man sitting at the front desk had a secret hatred in his heart, and he turned around "calmly", stepped off the bar chair, and walked straight to the tall man with his suitcase.
After standing up, the man in the grimace mask found that the other party was at least 2.4m tall, and there was a full sense of pressure when he stood in front of him who was less than 1.8m tall.
"Goo-toot!" The grimace-masked man swallowed his spit and whispered, "Brother, you've crossed the line, this is my Variety Jack's territory." ”
"Of course, forget it this time, you cooperate with me to finish this play, and we will get ninety points of the money in the end."
Seeing that the tall man didn't answer, the grimace-masked man gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, count you ruthless, we are twenty-eight...... Up to 37 points...... Four or six really can't be missing...... It's good to meet in the future, five or five points is really my last bottom line, it's a big deal. ”
After the grimace-masked man kept changing his bottom line, the tall puppet-like man finally spoke, "You're in the way!" ”
The grimace mask that had been left in his heart because the tall man finally relented, and the man in the mask asked with confusion, "What did you say?"
Finally, the tall man lowered his head, and the grimace-masked man who glanced at him only felt that his soul was frozen, and his heart was terrified, what kind of eyes were they, full of death, killing, bloody and tyrannical, as if giving birth to all the ominous things in the world.
What's even more terrifying is that the owner of those eyes can always remain calm, as if he is imprisoning the most terrible demon in the world with the most peaceful mind.
This guy can't really be the magic sword Apophis, right?